Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted PoliceBy: R. G. (Roderick George) MacBeth (1858-1934)

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BEING THE REAL LIFE RECORD OF THE FAMOUS
ROYAL NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE

By R. G. MACBETH, M.A., Author of "The
Romance of Western Canada."

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

HODDER AND STOUGHTON, LTD.
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO

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CONTENTS

I A GREAT TRADITION 7
II ENTER THE MOUNTED POLICE 25
III MOBILIZING 33
IV THE AMAZING MARCH 48
V BUSINESS IN THE LAND OF INDIANS 57
VI HANDLING AMERICAN INDIANS 78
VII THE IRON HORSES 93
VIII RIEL AGAIN 106
IX RECONSTRUCTION 126
X CHANGING SCENERY 141
XI IN THE GOLD COUNTRY 153
XII STIRRING DAYS ABROAD AND AT HOME 175
XIII MODESTY AND EFFECTIVENESS 206
XIV ON LAND AND SEA 233
XV GLORY AND TRAGEDY IN THE NORTH 255
XVI STRIKING INCIDENTS 266
XVII THE GREAT WAR PERIOD 281
XVIII GREAT TRADITIONS UPHELD 297